Dr Md Younus

Adjunct Fellow

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Dr Younus, PhD (Adelaide), MPhil (Waikato), MSc and BSc (first class second in Geography, DU) started work in the department of Geography, Environment and Population, Adelaide University as a Visiting Research Fellow in June, 2011. He has published two books (one from Springer) on climate change vulnerability and adaptation; and 23 articles/papers in refereed journals and proceedings. His publications have been cited in academic literature across the World. He taught several courses on environment (Environmental Studies: Climate Change and Human Adaptation, Environmental Decision Making Tools, Research Project Design and Management, Cities as Human Environments) in Flinders University, Australia; and he also delivered special lectures in Dhaka University and Adelaide University. Dr Younus has evaluated ANU Doctoral thesis, NOAA's grant application, and many articles for international refereed journals as a referee. Younus is an Associate Editor / Assigned Editor of the Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, http://www.worldscientific.com/page/jeapm/editorial-board; he is also an Editor of two Journals: Cogent Environmental Science https://www.cogentoa.com/journal/environmental-science and Cogent Social Science https://www.cogentoa.com/journal/social-sciences . He is also an assigned Editor / editorial board member of Sustainability (MDPI Journal, IF: 1.85), http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/editors , Climate, Hydrology,Water, Environment. Advisory Board Member, Sci, MDPI Open access journal; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sci/editors ; Editorial Board Member, Springer Nature Applied Sciences, https://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/42452 ; editorial Board Member, Progress in Disaster Science, Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/progress-in-disaster-science/editorial-board ). He was assigned as a team member with various international research activities, such as: International Water Management Institute, BUP, ADB, WMO, Global Water Partnership, and the University of Waikato. He has presented papers in various international seminars in the USA, Norway, Finland, Australia, Bangladesh and the UK. Younus worked with Professors Drs Nick Harvey, Q K Ahmad, Sajjadur Rasheed, Munir Morad, Martin Williams, and Richard Warrick. He was a Scientific Reviewer of IPCC Fourth (2007) and Fifth (2014) assessment reports on adaptation. Dr Younus is a Board Member of Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics (ANZSEE). He is a member / life member of 19 International Academic and Development Societies along with the Association of American Geographers, Institute of Australian Geographers, the Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG), Regional Studies Association (UK), International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), Bangladesh Geographical Society, BNGA, the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia, Field Geology Club of South Australia, The Australian Sociological Association and Bangla Academy. He is a Fellow of RGS-IBG. He is a Councillor of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia, and was acting President / Vice President of the Bangladesh Australia Society of South Australia (BASSA) Inc. Currently, Younus is President of the Bangladesh Australia Hub Inc. (BAH), a think-tank based in South Australia where many Professors and academics across the World have been working as resource persons of the BAH.

Career
Publications
Professional Activities
Contact

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2011 - 2018	Visiting Research Fellow	University of Adelaide
2011 - 2013	Lecturer	Flinders University
1994 - 2001	Research Fellow	University of Waikato and BUP - Collaborative International Research Project

Language Competencies

Language Competency

Arabic Can read

Bengali Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Language	Competency
Arabic	Can read
Bengali	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Education

Institution name	Country	Title
Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
University of Waikato	New Zealand	MPhil
Dhaka University	Bangladesh	MSc in Geography (Thesis) (First Class Second)
Dhaka University	Bangladesh	BSc in Geography (Honours) (First Class Third)

Certifications

Date	Title	Institution name	Country
—	Skills Workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment	United States Agency for International Development / Irrigation Support Project for Asia and Near East (ISPAN)	Bangladesh

Journals

Year	Citation
2018	Younus, M. A. F., & Kabir, M. A. (2018). Climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation of Bangladesh: Mechanisms, Notions and Solutions. Sustainability (Switzerland), 10(11), 17 pages. DOI Scopus18 WoS17
2017	Younus, M. (2017). Adapting to climate change in the coastal regions of Bangladesh: proposal for the formation of community-based adaptation committees. Environmental Hazards, 16(1), 21-49. DOI Scopus9 WoS8
2017	Younus, M. (2017). An assessment of vulnerability and adaptation to cyclones through impact assessment guidelines: a bottom-up case study from Bangladesh coast. Natural Hazards, 89(3), 1437-1459. DOI Scopus27
2015	Younus, M. (2015). Crop adaptation processes to extreme floods in Bangladesh: a case study. Environmental Hazards, 14(1), 36-53. DOI Scopus5
2015	Shaw, Jennie. (2015). Vulnerability to climate change adaptation in rural Bangladesh. Climate Policy, 15(3), 410-412. DOI WoS1
2014	Younus, M., & Sharna, S. (2014). Combination of community-based vulnerability and adaptation to storm surges in coastal regions of Bangladesh. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 16(4), 1450036-1-1450036-36. DOI Scopus9
2014	Younus, M., & Harvey, N. (2014). Economic consequences of failed autonomous adaptation to extreme floods: a case study from Bangladesh. Local Economy, 29(1-2), 22-37. DOI Scopus22
2014	Younus, M. (2014). Flood vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh: a review. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 16(3), 1450024-1-1450024-28. DOI Scopus4
2013	Younus, M., & Harvey, N. (2013). Community-based flood vulnerability and adaptation assessment: a case study from Bangladesh. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 15(3), 1-32. DOI Scopus23
2013	YOUNUS, M. A. F., & HARVEY, N. (2013). COMMUNITY-BASED FLOOD VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION ASSESSMENT: A CASE STUDY FROM BANGLADESH. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 15(03), 1-32.
2012	Younus, M. A. (2012). Farmers household information in Bangladesh: significant indicators for assessing vulnerability and adaptation. Journal of the Bangladesh National Geographical Association, 37(1-2), 1-20.
2011	Younus, M., & Harvey, N. (2011). Autonomous adaptation to extreme floods in Bangladesh as a case: can adaptation in south Asia cope with extreme hydrological profile of the GBM River basin?. Oriental Geographer, 52(1&2), 1-10.
2007	Younus, M. A., Bedford, R., & Morad, M. (2007). Food security implications of failure of autonomous crop adaptation to extreme flood events: a case study in Bangladesh. Asia Pacific Journal on Environment and Development, 14(1), 19-39.
2005	Younus, M. A., Bedford, R.., & Morad, M.. (2005). Not so high and dry: examination of the patterns of 'autonomous adjustment' to major flooding events in Bangladesh. Geography, 90(2), 112-120.
1994	Paul, S.., Habibullah., & Younus, M. (1994). Climate and Sea Level Change: Impact on the Coastal District Bhola in Bangladesh, June 1994, pp 19-37, BUP, Dhaka. Development Debate (Unnyan Bitarka),, 30 - Troyodosh Barsha(2), 19-37.
1993	Younus, M. A., & Rahman, K. (1993). CHANGING PATTERN OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN BANGLADESH: A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS. Indian Journal of Landscapes Systems and Ecological Studies, Vol. 17(No. 1), 119-127.
1993	Younus, M. A., & Rahman, K.. (1993). HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN BANGLADESH: AN ANALYSIS ON WORK LOAD FACTOR. Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine, 12(1), 30-35.

Books

Year	Citation
2014	Younus, M. A. F. (2014). Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh. Springer.
2011	Younus, M. (2011). Adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh: with particular reference to the extreme flood events and farmers’ crop adaptation. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2014	Younus, M. A., Sharna, S. S., & Rahman, T. B. (2014). Integrated assessment and decision-support tool for community-based vulnerability and adaptation to storm surges in four coastal areas in Bangladesh. In Lo, Alex, Pearsons, Leonie, & Evans (Eds.), Opportunities for the Critical Decade: Enhancing well-being within Planetary Boundaries. Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics 2013 Conference Proceedings (pp. 168-188). Canberra: The University of Canberra and the Australia New Zealand Society of Ecological Economics.
2014	Alam, T., & Younus, M. (2014). Responses of migrant communities to extreme heat in South Australia: a case study in the city of Port Adelaide Enfield. In Lo, Alex, Pearson, Leonie, & Evans, M (Eds.), Opportunities for the Critical Decade: Enhancing well-being within Planetary Boundaries. Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics 2013 Conference Proceedings (pp. 40-62). Canberra: The University of Canberra and the Australia New Zealand Society of Ecological Economics.
2012	Younus, M., Harvey, N., & Rahman, T. (2012). Community-based assessment of vulnerability and adaptation to storm surges: A case study in Barguna, a coastal town in Bangladesh. In Proceedings of the 2nd Practical Response to Climage Change Conference (pp. 133-141). Australia: Engineers Australia.
2007	Younus, M. (2007). Can failure effects of 'autonomous adaptation' to extreme flood events in South Asia cope With future climate change? - a case of Bangladesh. In Re-inventing Sustainability: A Climate for Change: Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics (ANZSEE) Conference (pp. 1-18). Noosaville, Queensland, Australia: ANZSEE.
2007	Younus, M. A. (2007). Autonomous adaptation to the extreme flood events in Bangladesh as a case: can adaptation in South Asia cope with the extreme hydrological profile of the GBM River basins in foreseeable climate change?. In Heinonen, Mari (Ed.), Published (pp. 545-550). Helsinki Finland: Finish Environment Institute.
2005	Younus, M. A. (2005). Climate-induced Flooding, Autonomous Adjustments and Human Security in Bangladesh–a Geographical Assessment, Human Security and Climate Change An International Workshop, Oslo, Norway, 21–23 June 2005,. In published. Oslo, Norway.
2002	Younus, M. A. (2002). Autonomous crop adaptation processes to extreme floods: a case study in Bangladesh. In Water and Climate: Policy Implementation Challenges; Proceedings of the 2nd Practical Responses to Climate Change Conference (pp. 124-131). Barton, A.C.T..

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
2004	Ahmad, Q., Karim, Z., Haq, K., Quasem, M., Hussain, I., Rahman, K., . . . Ahmed, N. (2004). Bangladesh country report: pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture: issues and options. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. DOI

Theses

Year	Citation
2010	Younus, M. A. (2010). Community-based autonomous adaptation and vulnerability to extreme floods in Bangladesh: processes, assessment and failure effects. (PhD Thesis, Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Social Sciences, 2010).
2001	Younus, M. A. (2001). COPING WITH FLOODING IN RURAL BANGLADESH: A CASE STUDY OF ADJUSTMENTS BY FARMERS IN ISLAMPUR THANA. (Master's Thesis).
1993	Younus, M. A. (1993). INEQUALITY PATTERN OF HEALTH RESOURCES IN BANGLADESH: WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON TWO SELECTED THANAS. (Master's Thesis).

Board Memberships

Date	Role	Board name	Institution name	Country
2016 - 2018	Vice-President	Vice President	Bangladesh Australia Society of South Australia Incorporated	Australia
2016 - 2018	Council	Executive Committee	The Royal Geograhical Society of South Australia Inc	Australia

Committee Memberships

Date Role Committee Institution Country

2007 - 2015 Member Executive Board, ANZSEE ANZSEE Australia

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2007 - 2015	Member	Executive Board, ANZSEE	ANZSEE	Australia

Memberships

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2016 - 2017	Member	Fellow, the Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers	United Kingdom
2015 - ongoing	Member	Member, The Australian Sociological Association	Australia
2015 - ongoing	Member	member, the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc	Australia
2015 - ongoing	Member	member, The Field Geology Club of South Australia Inc	Australia
2015 - 2016	Member	member, Association of American Geographers	United States
2015 - ongoing	Member	Life Member, Bangladesh National Geographical Association
2014 - ongoing		Member, Regional Studies Association	United Kingdom
2007 - ongoing	Member	The International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)
2007 - ongoing	Board Member	Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics (ANZSEE)
2005 - 2016	Member	Member, Institute of Australian Geographers	Australia
2005 - ongoing		member, Geographical Society of NSW	Australia
2004 - ongoing	Member	Member, Society for International Development (SID), Bangladesh Chapter
2001 - ongoing		member, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh	Bangladesh
1998 - ongoing		member, New Zealand Geographical Society
1988 - ongoing	Member	Life Member, Bangla Academy	Bangladesh
1986 - ongoing	Member	Life Member, Bangladesh Geographical Society

Editorial Boards

Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
2017 - ongoing	Editor	Cogent Social Science	University of Adelaide	Australia
2015 - 2017	Associate Editor	Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management	Imperial College Press / World Scientific Publication	United Kingdom

Position: Adjunct Fellow
Phone: 83133805
Email: md.younus@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 83133772
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Kenneth Wills, floor 5
Org Unit: School of Social Sciences